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Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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Harmburger posted:

He is. I told him to try to talk to the JAG ASAP, but was seeing if anyone knew something here.

Yeah Jag it up ASAP, that poo poo is not right at all.

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Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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A little backstory posted:

Has anyone here gone from Guard to RA? How stupid am I for considering this?

Pretty loving dumb. You'd lose rank and hate yourself the whole time. Do your time, get your school money, get out.

If you still want to do it, then good loving luck. I've only ever seen it once in 2005 when they were still hurting for bodies. It happened less often than enlisted people going to OCS in my experience.

You may have better luck if you switch branches, but even then it's a crapshoot.

Nostalgia4Butts
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Wokrider posted:

Word. I am checking out the Coast Guard on monday, see what they are offering.
Good news is I passed the asvab with pretty good scores and aced all of my physicals.
So I am okay with the meps as a whole I just couldn't believe how douchey my recruiter and his Chief got with me.

You're fine. gently caress them, go to another recruiter.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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I'm an idiot, but I thought that the MoH was awarded by congress.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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Yeah, most tabs for EMS have either EMT-B or Paramedic, never saw one for just Ambulance.

A patch show near a military base would be able to do one no problem though.\

edit: I love the Phantom F4 Spook stuff



This is a great read- http://www.8tfw.com/pages/spook.htm

Nostalgia4Butts fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jan 3, 2014

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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ZoneManagement posted:

I'm considering reenlisting

ZoneManagement posted:

during my divorce

I see you have a history of making bad decisions.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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You graduated Basic or AIT it sounds like, and counting on your time in grade? Easiest way to find out is wait for your next LES and see what your rank is. Wear the according rank.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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powerful weedlock posted:

I meant graduation from AIT. If you opt for a 6-year active contract, you typically get E-3 at graduation of AIT or 20 weeks in to AIT, whichever comes first.


Who did you hear that from?

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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McSpatula posted:

Wait, does basic/ait time count for tis/tig? For some reason, I don't recall that being correct.

I definitely don't remember any fuzzies throwing on their wings in OSUT, or so on.

E: herp derp I thought the tis/tig requirements were shorter for some reason. Disregard

Are you Active/Reserve/Guard?

Because iirc Guard/Reserve starts the moment you take your oath, Active starts the day you ship out. I had delayed entry so I had 8 months of TIS when I shipped out for Basic as Guard.

Nostalgia4Butts
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Wokrider posted:

Anyone have some good info on going officer while enlisted?

Prayer.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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Crazy Mike posted:

What about going to Law School or Medical/PA/Dentist school with your tuition assistance/GI bill?

Don't go to law school. I have too many friends who took the bar and haven't found jobs since.

Med/PA/Dentist school is a good plan.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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From what I can gather, Dude and roommate are both <E4 and roommate is going to bang an E6 who loves the D, and now he's caught feeling like something has to be done because of fraternization and stuff.

All I can say is this: Is anyone in any physical harm? If so say something. If not then stay the gently caress out as much as possible. It will not end well, and you'd do best to keep the gently caress away from it.

Nostalgia4Butts fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Mar 21, 2014

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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Sorry I missed that you are both women, I didn't catch that.

Ok, yeah- talk to the roommate, but expect nothing to change. It will blow up, and messily too. If it were me, I'd stay the hell away and do what I can to remove myself from the situation as much as possible, and prepare for the shitstorm.

If you need to do something, then go up the chain of command. Talk to your first line, but poo poo will get hosed for the people involved, so prepare yourself for that.

These situations never end well. Ever. Good luck. :(

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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krispykremessuck posted:

also km we miss you

Been busy with work and stuff, I'll hop on sometime soon.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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zombie303 posted:

We could use our own optics and poo poo, but not our own weapons.

A bunch of our dudes bought M4 bottom receivers since we were issued M16s so they could feel cool when they walked up to go pull dfac guard duty or whatever (anyone who actually did convoys/evacs/went outside the wire didn't). No one actually bought optics because they'd be stolen the second they turned their back.

We were national guard though, so idk how the real army works in terms of that

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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You could survive off of MREs for 6 months, you would just be pooping on a negative scale and hate life.

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Victor Vermis posted:

I'd slit your throat for a HooahOohrah bar.

I'd slit yours for a fresh bottle of H2hooah

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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everyone is gay here

Nostalgia4Butts
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50 Foot Ant posted:

Anyone care to look up MOS numbers for X-Ray Technician (68P) for like promotion points, strength levels, and all that good poo poo.

Particularly this bit on "Special training and certification after additional training" bit online. Is that the bullshit where she'll be competing with brown nosers and suckups who get the best schools, or is it just a few years experience?

Basically from what I've heard, the Army certification for X-Ray tech does not transition over to civilian side at all, but they will pay once for you to test for civilian proficiency, which is probably worth promotion points, and maybe get her a job somewhere as long as there isn't a community college spitting out 25 more X-Ray techs a year within a 50 mile radius of anyone hiring.

Here's the thing: She will be attached to a CSH unit. An X-Ray tech does not have anything that brown-nosers want or need.

I think out of the 120+ CSH unit I was attached to in Iraq, there were 3 X-Ray people. 1 NCO, 2 E-4's. Their life was spent hiding in their hidey-hole so they didn't get tasked out to go pull DFAC guard duty or police call.

It's not a bad gig to be in, if you're looking to just be somewhere for a few years. I don't know how it works in peacetime, just while deployed, though.

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Jun 1, 2006

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Godholio posted:

the good Lt isn't the guy who shows up as a know it all, he's the guy who shows up and cares enough about his job to proactively learn it.

this x1000000

ask questions, learn as much as you can. the best LTs are the ones that talk to the NCOs/Senior NCOs and ask them wtf is going on.

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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:

don't forget to leave your dorm room open!

also have a snes plugged in with mario kart in it

its a good icebreaker

Nostalgia4Butts
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Icon Of Sin posted:

Going from anywhere to anywhere else in the military seems like such a retarded move that it could serve as its own punishment.

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not caring here posted:

The most legit feature of them was to send SNCOs into a frothing rage that they can't have people practice headspace and timing for the entire week anymore.

this, right? sorry, i was a nasty girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XA107LH2H4

we had a dude deglove his fingers and his battle said he was doing headspace/timing stuff. i just nodded.

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

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MancXVI posted:

If he's in a fairly comfortable place, send him a USB drive with a bunch of current shows and movies (and porn)

if you do this then toss the VLC installer on there too, just in case.

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Nostalgia4Butts
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When I went through medic school we had all military instructors. My unit brought in civilian trainers and stuff for yearly training and stuff though.

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